DCHP-2
sleigh runner † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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one of two longitudinal pieces on which a sled or sleigh glides over the snow or ice.
See also: runner ((1)) (def. 1a)
- 1834 (1926) The next day one of our sleigh runners, being worn out by the bare roads, gave way and detained us so long that we could only reach a miserable farmhouse in Brock.
- 1962 There was a . . . set of sleigh runners from a winter freight wagon. . . .
- 1834 (1926) The next day one of our sleigh runners, being worn out by the bare roads, gave way and detained us so long that we could only reach a miserable farmhouse in Brock.